Olly Richards | Where Did Language Come From? @storylearning | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
bit.ly/freeslkit_languageorigins 🧐 Ever wonder where language came from in the first place? Today we explore 6 theories that will definitely make you think!

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Awesome PIGS Squealing 🐖 Grunting 🐖 Rooting 🐖 Truffling 🐖 Oinking Piggie
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How Do Animals Sound in Different Languages?
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Lyrebird in Australia perfectly mimics crying baby
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Flintstones Yabbadabbadoo Moments
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Yabba Dabba Doo with Fred Flintstone!
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Scream of the red fox
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Aiyo Chinese Learning Lesson
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"Click Language" and the San Bushmen People
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Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966) Documental
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There Will Be Grunts
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4 Daagse: Marching Songs: British Soldiers: "Early in the Morning"
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MSK and KOM chest beating 21 AUG 2020
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Tibetan Gong, Bowl and Cymbals Meditation Session not ASMR
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The Bouba-Kiki Effect
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Caveman discover music
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Cute Cats 🐱🐱 Awesome Cats Purring Sound (Full) [Funny Pets]
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MONOPRIX - Humanity's First Queue
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Noam Chomsky: Language didn't evolve in 50,000 years
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What If Humans Walked on All Fours?
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Crying Baby @ Dibba Park | Bermuda Grass
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Mother and her baby share heartwarming interaction
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro
0:15 - What’s the Problem?
0:45 - Theory #1
2:28 - Theory #2
4:45 - Theory #3
6:45 - Theory #4
8:12 - Theory #5
10:13 - The Modern Question
11:11 - Theory #6
12:13 - Got a Time Machine?